One issue which proved to be a massive talking point of the Test Match (other than how badly India were playing that is), was the ‘Ian Bell run-out’. Everyone, it seems, has given their opinion, so CricketChicks thought they would give theirs as well.
Firstly, despite the ball looking like it had gone for four (and Praveen Kumar’s theatricalism on the boundary didn’t exactly help), Bell should not have merely assumed the ball was ‘dead’ (and, if you look at the replays I don’t think Eoin Morgan had made that assumption as he grounded his bat and signalled for Bell to wait). He was naive, silly, idiotic - call it what you want. He was not, however, trying to score another run. While the laws say he was technically out, India did the decent and honourable thing. My problem, however, is with Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss approaching Duncan Fletcher and MS Dhoni during the Tea break to ask them to reconsider their initial decision. If India had of (and I’m sure they would have) reversed their decision on their own, then fine. But, the idea of the opposition going and asking is just wrong and, what’s more, has the potential to open up a whole can of worms. As one of the Sky Commentators said, everyone knew Harhhajan Singh had gotten a massive inside edge onto the pads, so what was to stop the Indian Captain and Coach appealing to the England team?
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